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KIDS (OR KIDS AT HEART) ACTIVITIES

Bring your kids along to the Gunnison Farmers Market for hands-on activities and a chance to learn something fun and new. Kids activities will be held at the Gunnison Farmers Market Information booth every Saturday. Note: event scheduling may change without notice.

DATE
ACTIVITY
Jun 25
 Plant starts: Take home seedlings and plant seeds to take home
July 2
Help paint a community flag
July 9
Composting: learn how to set up a compost pile
July 16
Vermiculture: check out the creepy crawlers
July 23
Cook fries using the solar oven
July 30
Herb Day: pot a culinary herb to take home
Aug 6
Arts and crafts using natural dyes
Aug 13

Learn about plant parts: roots, leaves, stem, flowers
Aug 20
Make apricot treats
Aug 27
 Try a tasty peach dessert
Sep 3
All about plums
Sep 10
Pie time: make a rhubarb berry pie
Sep 17
 Learn about grapes and how to dehydrate them
Sep 24
Make spicy garden-fresh salsa
Oct 1
Freezing food: learn how to make pie fillings and tasty soups for the winter
Oct 8
Brines and Pickling with root vegetables
Oct 15
Basics of home canning
Oct 22
 Get your compost ready for the winter
Oct 29
 Carve a pumpkin
Nov 5
  
Nov 12
 

 

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